Noma Dumezweni
British actress · South Africa · On the map · Actors · Born 1969 · age 57
Noma Dumezweni is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.
Noma Dumezweni is read about 564 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 102 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
The ShardsSeries, Teacher
Prima FacieFilm, 20262025“If you can’t imagine yourself in one of those boats, you have something missing. They are dying for a life worth living.”In their words13 November 2025Stylist“If I could bring back one trend it would be looking people in the eye; acknowledging their presence with a simple ‘hey’ or nod as they pass you by.”In their words13 November 2025Noma Dumezweni on the culture that’s made her Elle Decoration (retrieved 13 November 2025)
Lions of the Skeleton CoastFilm, 20252024
Presumed InnocentSeries, Judge Laryn Lyttle2023“I may only have three lines, but you are going to see me because I know I’m going to react. I’m going to be present.”In their words11 May 2023The Reinvention of Noma Dumezweni Vanity Fair
RetributionFilm, 2023Angela Brickmann2022“Any time you get low, sit in it but don’t indulge in it. I wasted too much time worrying about what other people thought about me. Forward motion - that’s what I’m doing now.”In their words9 June 2022Cursed Child star Noma Dumezweni: ‘As a Black woman in acting, I’m fearless now’ The Guardian
The WatcherSeries, 2022Theodora Birch
Soul of the OceanFilm, 20222021“I'm looking at my mixed-race daughter growing up and trying to navigate her places. I really think of the world as post-George Floyd and pre-George Floyd.”In their words24 July 2021Noma Dumezweni Is Just Getting Started Elle
Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelFilm, 2021(voiceover)2020
Normal PeopleSeries, Gillian2018“I find that phrase reductive. I'm a black woman and I'm an actress who plays a character named Hermione. J.K.”In their wordsMay 2018Noma Dumezweni on Playing Hermione and Meeting Emma Watson Oprah Magazine (May 2018)BBC 100 WomenAward
Mary Poppins ReturnsFilm, 2018Miss Penny Farthing2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsSeries, Senior Agent Okhile2016
The RoofFilm, Another Fan2015The Marriage of Reason & SqualorFilm2013
Out of DarknessFilm2009
Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadFilm, Capt Magambo2008
The Colour of MagicSeries, Marchessa
FalloutFilm, 2008Joyce Abena2007
The Grey ManFilm, Sergeant2005
Doctor WhoSeries, Captain Magambo2002
Dirty Pretty ThingsFilm, Celia2001
MacbethFilm, Weird Sister1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Kathryn Tynan1996
Silent WitnessSeries1982
NatureSeries, Narrator (voice)1969Born28 July 1969People around Noma
Close ties
Rob Marshall Produced Mary Poppins Returns (2019)
Marc Platt Produced Mary Poppins Returns (2019)
Lin-Manuel Miranda Produced The Little Mermaid (2023)
Chiwetel Ejiofor Directed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
David Tennant Also in Turn Left (2008)
Stephen Frears Directed Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Susanne Bier Directed The Undoing
Jaume Collet-Serra Produced Retribution (2023)
Chris Weitz Directed Murderbot
Nimród Antal Directed Retribution (2023)
Paul Weitz Directed Murderbot
Susanna White Directed Prima Facie
David Magee Wrote Mary Poppins Returns (2019)
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Also in The Roof and Mary Poppins Returns
Nicholas Gleaves Also in Mysterious Creatures and Fallout
Scott McGehee Directed The Friend (2025)
Graeme Harper Directed Turn Left (2008)
John Dagleish Also in Mary Poppins Returns (2018)- Tracey Seaward Produced Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Known for
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead 2009
Dirty Pretty Things 2002
The Friend 2025
Retribution 2023
Filmography 25
47 credits on file
Television 22
Media & music
Photos 1
In their own words 3
, This world of TV and film is gorgeous, money is lovely, but it’s quite lonely….
I used to want to fit in so much when I was young because of growing up in a predominantly white place.
See me as a human, don’t see my colour first.
Awards
About this person
In 2017, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Hermione Granger in the original West End run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; she reprised the role for the show's original Broadway run and, in 2018, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
